Iranian Exile Explains Why a Water Shortage Could Bring Down the Mullahs

Iran is running out of water—and the crisis may do what protests and sanctions couldn’t: threaten the survival of the regime. As reservoirs hit historic lows and rationing spreads across major cities, public anger is rising. Iranian exile and National Council of Resistance of Iran spokesman Shahin Gobadi explains why the country is approaching “water bankruptcy,” how decades of mismanagement created the disaster, and why the mullahs are more vulnerable to this crisis than they want the world to believe.